Re: Bottling coment/question

Jun 12, 2005 3 Replies

Do you reuse the orginal caps if not what do you do? Thx



"George Adkins" wrote in news:41bcaa9a snipped-for-privacy@newsfeed.slurp.net:


I have been using plastic cola bottles for the past couple of years
> and was wondering if anyone else used them. I only make beer and cider
> and they work well for me. I am a retired Engineer and before I
> started using the cola bottles I took some of them to the plant where
> I worked and ran pressure test on them. Every one that I tested took
> more than 250 lbs of pressure to rupture the bottle. Before I use the
> bottles I put a baking soda mixture in them and let it stay over
> night, then wash and sanitize them before filling. I have let cider
> age for 1 year and beer for several months in them with no effect on
> the taste. Would like some comment on this if you are doing something > similarly.
>
>

you shouldnt use a lot of newer plastic bottles, not because of the pressure, plastics are tougher than people give them credit, but for the reason that a lot are biodegradable, aka, gets into your drinks...this is also why bottled water has a use by date...

The general consensus seems to be that plastic is OK if you are not planning to store your beer for long. I suppose that that translates as fine for ales but not so for lagers or wines.

Personally, when I am bottling a brew (I usually keg) I use glass but always fill one plastic bottle so I can keep track of carbonation.

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:17:01 GMT, " snipped-for-privacy@none.com" said in alt.beer.home-brewing:

When I used to use soda bottles I either used the original caps or a Carbonator.

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